Information Security Jobs in Staffordshire

Information Security (InfoSec)
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire requiring Information Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Information Security over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 72 50
Rank change year-on-year +18 -22 +7
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 11 18 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 1.74% 1.74% 3.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.52% 2.12% 3.22%
Number of salaries quoted 10 15 15
10th Percentile £39,500 - £43,000
25th Percentile £50,922 £36,250 £56,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,688 £37,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +43.17% -42.31% +8.33%
75th Percentile £101,250 £76,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £101,375 £77,000 £85,750
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £56,750
% change year-on-year - -3.08% -5.42%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Staffordshire

Information Security falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Staffordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 437 848 497
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 69.26% 81.77% 94.67%
Number of salaries quoted 216 596 361
10th Percentile £28,411 £23,500 £23,250
25th Percentile £30,580 £28,119 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,750 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.63% -11.11% -
75th Percentile £53,688 £55,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £62,500 £67,500
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

Job postings citing Information Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Staffordshire

Information Security
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Security in Staffordshire.

Salary trend for Information Security in Staffordshire

Information Security
Salary Histogram in Staffordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Staffordshire over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Information Security in Staffordshire

Information Security
Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 22 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Lichfield -3 3 £97,500 +242.11%
Stafford - 3 £53,688 -
Stoke-on-Trent +21 2 £39,500 -43.57% 14
Leek - 1 - -
Tamworth - 1 £50,000 -
Information Security
West Midlands

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) AWS
2 3 (27.27%) Azure
2 3 (27.27%) Azure Sentinel
2 3 (27.27%) Entra ID
2 3 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (18.18%) SaaS
4 1 (9.09%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (45.45%) Firewall
2 2 (18.18%) Internet
3 1 (9.09%) Cisco IPT
General
1 2 (18.18%) Legal
1 2 (18.18%) Police
2 1 (9.09%) Advertising
2 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Security Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Architect
2 3 (27.27%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Active Directory Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) AWS Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Enterprise Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Technical Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Active Directory Support
4 1 (9.09%) Active Directory Support Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Technical Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Head of Cybersecurity
4 1 (9.09%) Information Security Advisor
4 1 (9.09%) Information Security Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Security Advisor
4 1 (9.09%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) MACH
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Management Information System
1 2 (18.18%) PKI
2 1 (9.09%) CESG
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (9.09%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (36.36%) Computer Science
2 4 (36.36%) Information Security Management
2 4 (36.36%) Security Management
3 3 (27.27%) Architecture Governance
3 3 (27.27%) Business Analysis
3 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (27.27%) Data Architecture
3 3 (27.27%) IT Strategy
3 3 (27.27%) Network Architecture
3 3 (27.27%) Project Management
3 3 (27.27%) Roadmaps
3 3 (27.27%) SDLC
3 3 (27.27%) Security Operations
3 3 (27.27%) Service Catalogue
3 3 (27.27%) Technology Strategy
4 2 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (18.18%) Identity Management
4 2 (18.18%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (18.18%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (72.73%) Degree
2 3 (27.27%) A+ Certification
3 2 (18.18%) APMG
3 2 (18.18%) AWS Certification
3 2 (18.18%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 2 (18.18%) CISM
3 2 (18.18%) Cyber Scheme
3 2 (18.18%) GIAC
3 2 (18.18%) ISACA
3 2 (18.18%) ISEB
3 2 (18.18%) SANS
3 2 (18.18%) TOGAF Certification
4 1 (9.09%) CESG Certified Professional
4 1 (9.09%) CIPFA
4 1 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (9.09%) ISEB Practitioner
4 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certified Master
4 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (27.27%) NIST
3 2 (18.18%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (9.09%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) Active Directory
2 1 (9.09%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (9.09%) Nessus
2 1 (9.09%) WSUS
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Netskope
2 1 (9.09%) VMware